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3,000 she a in lake sha fighters, and, the fall is the biggest defeat for the government since last summer and, that's when it sill took control of most sol and, the united states is down playing it and as dana reports retaking ramadi is difficult. they are preparing for a war that could deepen the sean sunni-she a today vi. they plan to push deep into the heartland to, re capture
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territory,. we're announcing that the mobilization forces are getting ready, and people have asked for our help about a month ago and, they were reluctant. the council did request such assistance, when it fell to isil on sunday, and the council is not representative of all sunni trines and many don't want force's their land and would have preferred arms so they can wage it alone. officials are insisting that these fighters, are no longer militiases and operate under the government, they are trying to calm sunni fears, and the u.s. has expressed experience about deploying them and now it says it backs the government's decision. there are those who don't agree they say that the troops are stronger than the state. but for time being they are the only force capable of fighting
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isil despite months of u.s. training, they are weak and they weren't able to hold ground in anbar. the the u,which leads the coalition against isil is stepping up airstrikes. but isil is still on the offensive. and people in the contested town, are on the move, and the armed group targeted security forces in the town east of ramadi. the fighting has already displaced thousands, and make ship camps are being set up, still under the control of the government, and its local alis and not all sunni tribes support the government and dissent is growing. we are here to help our people, the government is not doing anything. it is needed to win the war and. government has done little. what have our children done
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to deserve this? we haven't eaten for two days? the battle for anbar has still not gun in earnest and there are fears and sunni leaders have lodge demands that they secure their province, and it is their first challenge. and they fill the security vacuum, it could mean another war. an explosion. off at the parking lot and smoke could be seen for several miles, and the taliban says it was responsible. it handles a handful and mean mile 11 police officers are sentenced to prevent a brutal mob killing, she was falsely accused of burning a koran and her attackers burned her body and now from kabul. the judge said police failed to help her as a mob beat her
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in broad-daylight. that and their failure, they were sentenced to a year in jail and, nine others were sent free. after investigating the document, it is in keeping with the constitution and police law and, the rights have been given time. this was the second-round of verdicts four got the death penalty, and others 16 years and others were free for lack of evidence. and the court case is unique, for its openness, and it was televised live and, it is the first time they were prosecuted and the there were some irregularities not all had defense lawyers and each was given a chance to speak for him self. some of the most prominent
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murderers. haven't been caught. those in court say they are disappointed with the trial and,s the verdicts. it was a political gain, the whole thing was designed, how to calm people's minds, to say she was killed, and, they are going to give death penalty and that would be the perfect answer for them. murder shocked afghanistan and, some say it was too light. there's a sliern on the spot where her body was burned and there's no certainty that it will change afghanistan attitudes against justice or against women. international ad agencies are saying they are not getting
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enough money to help. they have been displaced and the world food program said it has scaled back benefit beast 30% since the beginning of the year and hundreds of thousands, have been cut off. a handshake, in your land, britain prince charles has met and he is the first to meet the former i.r.a. commander, and he visited the place where his great uncle was killed by a bomb. today's meeting is meant to signal peace and reconciliation. shell has received a half a billion dollar offer for its french gas business, and the binding offer marked the next step in the drive to sell off assets and shell says it is trying to concentrate on a small number of divisions and markets where it can be competitive and
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it is holding its annual shareholders meeting, and the company's impact on climate change on the heels in seattle over plans to start drilling in the arctic ocean. the issue of climate change, and show shell adapts and tries to minimize, was high on the agenda here, and a group of shareholders, have found a way to get a resolution onto the order paper which compelled the board to go into more details but how it reports climate change, and the issues that arise from it. before the meeting took place i spoke to several who were coming to this event and, an activisit explained to me, that the green peace group had real concerns about the commitment to reduce climate change. and the percentages of the missions, that shell was responsible for was something that the group should look into and, another person that i spoke
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to was campaigner from alaska, who flown from there, to come here, to explain the plight of her people and why she believes the threat, is so serious. i hope that, the board might be able to realize, you know, how high the risk is for hem to attempt to go out there and do that t. because it's a very dangerous thing to try and drill right now. they don't have a proven technology, that will be safe enough to drill out there in the ocean. for its part, shell fans, that the arctic ocean represents a huge opportunity for it. and also presents it is with a huge responsibility. it says that the risk management procedures they have in place are unprecedented and that they believe they can deal with any spill that might occur and they are ready for this and, they believe they can men my any
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danger and whether that is what will happen remains to be seen. all right teachers in seattle are on strike, some 2,500 educators have walked off the job in a one-day job barn, and they are trying to pressure state officials to spend more, and they want pay praises and smaller class size, the parks and recreation department is opening 21 centers to house children while they work. and, waco, they say threats are and violence are trickling down, and police say they are speaking with many of the people in custody
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. one showed up to the restaurant uninvited and this is just the latest chapter, in the long history of violence, involving motorcycles and gangs revved up and, ready for ride motorcycle clubs convey an air of rebellion and most of them harmless, with hundreds of thousand sages of weekend warriors and but there's a small slice to the culture that federal government considers as ruthless as mobsters, the justice department has identified 300 outlaw motorcycle gangs, they use the clubs for criminal enterprises. a handful to thousands world-wide five pose a national domestic threat. the else angles.
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outlaws and, sons of silence. the ban deets to which were involved in texas have, between 2,000 and 2,500 members operating in the u.s. and 13 other countries. they are accused of being involved in drug smuggling and production and distribution of meth it's motto we're the people your parents warned you about. the else angels, have approximately 2,500 members and operate in 27 countries and they say they're involved, in much more than drugs, and the charges ranging from extortion and money-laundering, to assault and murder. a federal judge has rejected the state department's claim it cannot release the e-mails until
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2016. the state department said it will take until next year to go through all of them and judge said the e-mails should be release owed a rolling schedule, as event in iowa, said she would rather the public get to see the e-mails sooner rather than later. i have said, i want those e-mails out nobody has a bigger interest than i do. i respect the state department, they have their process, that they do for everybody, not just for me, but anything that they might do, i support. if the state department does release bulk e-mails they will come out just before the iowa ka cus, and the wage gap is making it tough to rebuild that hard hit community and housing crisis because foreigners are buying propertity and, leaving them empty
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practice practice has signed into law a new law, the national blue alert act and it is modeled after amber alerts for aub ducted children, under the law the justice department will create a notification system about assault on officers and, those missing in the line of duty, and any credible threats. baltimore is recovering, and gun violence is still on the rise, 31 people were killed in baltimore, in the last month. 39 others were wounded by gunfire, and the number of deaths this year has hit 91, up 21 from this time last year. after the death many protestors called for better relations and as tom reports they also highlighted the growing wage gap for people of color. ♪
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♪ it's another workday in baltimore's poorest neighborhood, and, joy us gospel music fills the air. but in its streets men of all ages men spend their time aimlessly. we'll pay you $6 to sweep the streets just give them something to do. energy, because they're just transferring energy into destruction. finding steady work, can be hard across the state of maryland it's lost 20% of its manufacturing job base, and the industrial slide here began 40 years ago, and empty factories dot the landscape, this is where one of the great historic employers, steel mill stood and it was demolished and the jobs, had been dwindling for years and, baltimore is just one example of the urban dilemma the number of high poverty
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neighborhoods, has tripled and average poverty rates in the big cities have remained unchanged at 24% since 2000 the population has doubled to 4 million people. the did he indicating public schools here offer little hope of advancement and students realize, that the schools are failing them. and so, they don't stick around, they don't stick around, many bright students become bored and so drop out also. for 25 years carl alexander tracked the progress, black and white, until they reached adulthood, his finding race still matters,. doing well in baltimore's economy, without the benefit of a college a college degree, is conditioned by race and its very much about the difference between white men of working class background, and everybody
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else. butler and his friends say once the police pick you up, it becomes harder to get hired for work. if you go to the program and still won't be able to get a job, because they dwell off of your past history ten years ago, two years ago. and they back that -- they held that stuff against us. economic mobility has been fundamental but in the heart of too many of its cities it's a dream that's still deferred. in ferguson, missouri, the economy is starting to recover after the violent protests the price of property has gone up, the average home sold for 46,000 that's up from just under 39,000. the home improvement sector of the housing market is looking up and, home depot reported a 7.1%
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sales growth in the u.s. last quarter, they are spending more to fix up their homes and earlier, home depo said it will hire 80,000 workers in the in the coming months, and one is facing a housing crisis, foreigners are leaving it empty and it is droving up prices and it is increasingly difficult for locals to keep up. people tell me this all the time you're so smart you're such a great person, and you feel like you're just not getting forward. it really, there's a psychological aspect that makes you think you have done something wrong. she has multiple college agrees, and she feels she just can't compete against the millions of dollars of foreign capital. the price of an average home, is more than 1.4 million canadian
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dollars, 11% more than a year ago. suspicious are mouning that too many are unlived in because speculators, even leaving them empty is profitable. the cities chinese pop lake is expected to double. and now people are pointing fingers as asian then vest tors, the city is issuing an open call to all of its residents pay attention to the coming and going, if it seems like that house is unoccupied, report it to the city, and it will be added to a list. would you do that? i would would do that. if i saw a house that was unoccupied. and i knew it was for sure i would do it, if i knew that the city was going to use it the number in a positive way.
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the he believes global interest is distorting this global market. it has gotten out of whack. by, if you just look at that, it's the second most expensive city in the world. he is in favor of the list, he wants owners of unoccupied homes to pay an annual fine and for now they just want to know how widespread the problem really is. but all that, may be too late for jennifer,. i think it's a hard thing and i get emotional because in my demographic are leaving the city, the odds are against me. i have made so many adaptations and the last is to leave and i honestly think that if something doesn't change, in the next couple years, i'm not going to be able to stay any more.
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well, police have arrested 7 men of a jewelry heist, it took place last month, at the garden, that's the center of the diamond trade and they opened 72 safe deposit boxes and sold millions in jewels and it netted them a significant amount of high value property. coming up, fighting fracking, texas makes it illegal for towns to say no to fracking, and the implications for the practice nationwide, and driving distracted and more americans, are not concentrating on the road
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papal will have to pay up, a federal claim says the company owned by ebay signed consumers up for its online credit service, and they are neither illegal nor deceptive and, they
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are seeking a $10 million fine, and $15 million to compensate customers. drivers are finding more distractions. a new survey found that facebook nearly 3-10 drivers skoal through it, on the road, and 17% say they take pictures and, another 14% say they're tweeting. and followed by instagram and snapchat. a new law could impact nationwide efforts to stop fracking. they approved a referendum banning fracking, and as heidi tells us the governor signed a new law reslersing the decision. you cannot stop these people, they have have more money and, time and lawyers and just don't amount to anything. the prediction of this
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denton resident, after his community voted to ban fracking within city limits has come true. fracking is again legal in denton effective immediately now that that texas governor, that blocks local efforts to regulate oil and gas productions. it stalled through the legislature and, it says a municipality may not enact a ordinance that bans an oil and gas operation. as long as the operation is commercially reasonable. the law does allow cities to regulate fire and emergenciy response and traffic and lights and noise. but in denton, where 3 wells exist for every square mile of language, texas has sided with big oil at the cost of its citizens health. there's too many of us, getting cancer and, too many of
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our animals getting cancer, right at the same time that these wells -- the oil and gas industry is applauding the new state law they have sued dep ton with within hours of fracking ban passage. q.we have been using it, for recovering oil and gas for more than 60 years, there's no evidence of rising more bid todayty or higher mortality rates and despite statements like that and promises, that tracking is good for the local economy, 3-5 voters have voted to ban fracking and they say most of the minrel wells belong to out of towners and denton has to live with fracking behind hospitals and, next to parks and, steps from their backyard. i may be an old lady but this is scary knowing there's a gas rig on fire, in my
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backyard, i guess i can only go to bed and know that if explodes i'll never feel anything. now, fracking is set to resume and denton, the first texas city, to ban it, looks to be the last. so, if you thought it was beautiful from the ground, look at it from above it shared this video.
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